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JAMES H. ERAZEE AND GEORGE M.

` PATENT OFFICE.

GUINEE, or EI'IsI-IvILLE, INDIANA;

SAID GULVER ASSIGNOR TO SAID FRAZEE.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,989, datedV July 4, 1883.

Application filed January E22, 1883.

t .To @ZZ whom it 11mg/ concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES H. FEAZ'EE and GEO. M. CU'LVER, citizens of the United States, residing at Rushville, in the county of Rush and State of Indiana, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in End- Gates for Vagon-Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to endgates for wagonbodies, and to an improved means for retaining end-gates in place, and it consists of strapoleats against which the end-gate rests, in connection with cam-hooks pivoted to the straps on the end-gate and staples or loops secured to the sides of the boX into which the camhooks enter and lock the gate securely in place.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective of one endof the box, and Fig. 2 is a detached view of the gate.

A represents a wagon-box; B, the end-gate, which rests against cleats c a, placed on the inner sides of the boX a short distance from the rear ends of the same.

The end-gate, B, is formed of one piece of material, exceptthat two cleats, b b, are secured across its ends on the outer face of the same. About midway the width of gate B an angular recess, c c, -is formed across the outer edges of said gate and the cleats b b. At the inner face of recesses c c, and on the outside of cleats b Z), are pivoted cam-hooks d d. Said camhooks are formed of metal, and have curved hooks or projections on one side near the end of the same. At the base of said cam-hook projections a perforation is formed, through which pins e c pass, and on which said cam-hooks are pivoted. The main arm o1' free end of cam-hooks d d is formed of suiiicient length to pass down the outer face of cleats b b to thelower end of the same, or to the pointV of contact of said cleats with the bottom of vehicle-body. Two cleats, j' f, equal in length to the width of cleats b b, are secured on either side to the bottom of the body in rear of and a short distance from cleats b b, the purpose of which is to provide for the reception and retention of the ends of the arms of cam-hooks d d by leaving a space between said cleats, into which the outer ends of the cam-hooks will freely (No model.)

move. To the rear end of the body, on the under face of the same, is secured a cross-bar, G, that is held in place by means of metal straps g g, that pass up on the outside of the sideboards of the body. The lower ends of said straps pass through perforations in the outer ends of crossbar C. lThe upper ends of straps g g are perforated to receive the outer end of staples h h. The inner portion of said staples project on the inside of the side-boards of the body at a point on a line with the pivot-pins e e and the recesses c c. The staples h 7L are formed to present a loop to the ends of the curved arms of cam-hooks d d, that pass into saidstaples when the outer arms of said hooks are turned downward, and pass between the cleats ff and b b, thus holding the endboard entail-gate in place. When the outer ends of cam-hooks d d are turned upward in a reverse position, the curved arms of said cam-hooks are disengaged from the staples h lz,- the tailgate is then pushed outward from the top,

when the lower ends of cleats Z) b are broughtl in contact with the upper inner edge of cleats f f, that act as fulcrums for said tail-gate until the gate, in its outward movement from the top, is brought down to the upper face of cleats ff, when it is easily withdrawn. In replacing the tail-gate it is passed edgewisc along the face of cleats f f until its lower edge reaches the lower outer face of cleats c c, when it is turned to an upright position, the staples 71y h passing through the recesses c c, the cam-hooks turned downward, and the curved hooks engaging with the staples h 71, the outer arms of said cam-hooks passing between the cleats b b and cleats f f, by which said arms are held firmly in place.

We are aware of the patent to Adair, No. 174,403, March 7, 1876, end-gate,7 its construction, and arrangement of the Various parts, and therefore do not broadly claim the same.

Ve are also aware of the patent to Bander, No. 252,415, January 17, 1882, its construction, and the arrangement of the various parts, and do not therefore broadly claim the same. Placing the stopsE on the cleats of the end board a short distance below the point at which the cam-hooks are pivote'd is very objectioni able and unsafe, as the jolting of the vehicle IOO when in use tends to throwT the short arms of the cani-hooks off the stops E, when the eatinhooks readily unhook and the end-gate falls out. Further, the stops Eure easily broken by throwing the end-gate on the ground when loading and unloading` the vehicle. Vitll our construction the :mns or free ends of the einanl 1n presence ol" two Witnesses.

hooks are formed much longer, and their outer ends ere held by cleats on the bottom boards of the Vehicle, between which and the cleats of the end-gate they are securely wedged. No

stops are used on the cleats of the end-gate in our construction.

Having thus described our invention, what I 5 We desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The combination of the end-gate B, having Straps g g, staples 7L 7L, and cleatsff, all arranged and operated substantially as shown and specified.

'In testimony whereof We affix our signatures JAMES H. FRAZEE. GEORGE M. GULVER.

Vitnesses:

PAUL I. BEACHBARD, LEoNIDAs LINK. 

